docstr: Note: Generating an object on demand plays a crucial role in ensuring that different threads do not share the same catalog object, as it can result in serialization issues and incorrect behavior with SQLAlchemy. Refer to get_catalog_instance()
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code: def catalog(self) -> "CatalogManager":
      """
      Note: Generating an object on demand plays a crucial role in ensuring that different threads do not share the same catalog object, as it can result in serialization issues and incorrect behavior with SQLAlchemy. Refer to get_catalog_instance()
      """
      return self.catalog_func(self.catalog_uri)
  
file_path: evadb/evadb/database.py
imports: from dataclasses import dataclass
  from pathlib import Path
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable
  from evadb.catalog.catalog_utils import bootstrap_configs, get_catalog_instance
  from evadb.configuration.bootstrap_environment import bootstrap_environment
  from evadb.configuration.constants import DB_DEFAULT_NAME, EvaDB_DATABASE_DIR, EvaDB_INSTALLATION_DIR
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling the EvaDBDatabase obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.catalog() and returns: self